Melomakarona me Simigthali (Honey Cookies with Samolina)

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~ Dough Ingredients: ~ 2 1/2 cup of fine semolina ~ 1/2 a cup of flour ~ 1 cup of olive oil ~ 1 pack of unsalted butter ~ 1 cup of sugar ~ 1/4 cup of brandy or cognac ~ 1/4 cup of fresh orange juice ~ 2 tbsp of orange zest ~ 1 tsp of baking soda
~ Syrup Ingredients: ~ 1 cup of honey ~ 1/2 a cup of sugar ~ 3/4 cup of water ~ Juice of 1/2 a lemon  ~ Garnishment: ~ 1 cup of roughly crushed walnuts ~ Cinnamon powder

 

~ Pour the olive oil in the mixer bowl with the sugar and beat for about an hour. ~ After beating the oil and sugar for an hour, add in the mixer bowl the baking soda diluted in the orange juice, the brandy and the orange zest. ~ Add the semolina and flour a little bit at a time and beat it well until it becomes soft dough. ~ Remove the dough from the mixers bowl and make the Melomakarona in cylindrical shapes about 3 inches long and place them in a lightly greased baking pan. ~ With a fork press the top of the Melomakarona to break the round shape and make it uneven. ~ Bake in a preheated oven to 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. ~ Remove from the oven and let them cool down. ~ In the meantime prepare the syrup. ~ Place all the ingredients in a large sauce pan and bring them to boil for about 10 minutes, making sure to stir so the sugar will melt and mix with the honey. ~ Reduce the heat and dip the cold Melomakarona (3-4 at a time) in the syrup for about a minute. ~ Remove them from the syrup with a perforated spoon and place them on a serving plate. ~ Sprinkle your Melomakarona (Honey Cookies) with the crashed walnuts and powder cinnamon. ~ Good luck and enjoy.